Floor Prep For Carpet

To replace an existing carpet remove all metal edgings.

Floor prep for carpet.

The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. The steps that are required differ slightly depending upon whether you are replacing carpet or preparing a wood concrete or tile floor. Here we begin with the important step of cleaning and prepping the concrete for the smooth edge installation. If you have made the decision to refinish your basement the renovations probably include the installation of a new carpet.

Some more floor preparation scraping and sweeping. You can either do this preparation yourself or hire someone to do it. How to prepare a floor for peel stick tile. Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor.

I use my scraper and scrap everywhere. Moulding and trim can be fragile and despite their best efforts your installation team may break a few pieces. The subfloor surface must be dry free of debris and as smooth as possible. In order to prevent moisture and mildew from penetrating the carpeting it is important to prepare your concrete basement floor prior to the installation.

Carpet installations usually require a little floor preparation. Floor preparation can be pretty time consuming hopefully there won t be any surprises that make this task any longer. If you re having the new carpet professionally installed on monday morning don t start working on the floor sunday evening. Once the work begins your installer will be responsible for removing and disposing of your old carpet.

Then pry one corner of the carpet loose from the tackless strip and pull up the entire piece. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width. In some cases you can also install carpet tiles over existing wood tile or vinyl flooring so long as the existing flooring is no more than an inch thick.

Give yourself at least a day for basic cleaning and baseboard painting and longer for bigger projects like sealing and patching. Peel and stick tile has come a long way since the days when it was a cheap and easy if not very attractive way to give old floors new life. Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors. The care that you take with flooring preparation will help your new carpet to last as long as possible.